• Government saftey checks were ignored it seems.
• Sales were already miserable.
• And it looks like the Repub controlled House might start an investigation!

This brings back memories of newly minted Car Czar, Transportation Secretary Ray Ray LaHood.  He was talking about the fraudulent claims of an accelerator problem.  (Toyota did an investigation and proved it was bogus.)  But leave it to Obama’s loveable RINO Ray Ray LaHood to say this gem to a televised Congressional committee.

“…stop driving it and take it to a Toyota dealer.”

Why not make a similar pronouncement from on high about the Government Backed GM Volt, Ray Ray?  Gotta love those RINO traitors.

First, some in the Conservative Intellectual Elite, *cough* Krauthammer *cough*, have taken upon themselves the mantle of Republican priests, and have absolved Mitt of his past Liberal sins, with the exception of the unpardonable sin of RomneyCare.  However, even the American Spectator is forced to at least admit in a puff piece on Romney his Liberal positions in the 2008 Presidential Primary, which became apparent due to his flip flopping on central Conservative issues.

In 2008, Romney earned himself a reputation as a flip-flopper as he dramatically attempted to reshape himself as a stanch conservative despite having previously staked out liberal positions on abortion, guns, immigration and a litany of other issues.

However, the American Spectator’s analysis of Romney pales in comparison to the Wall Street Journal’s departure from usual Republican Establishment backslapping (though John O’Sullivan did give Palin a strong defense and the journal sometimes swerves into other corners of truth).  In what both our President and winos refer to as a moment of clarity, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial provides what amounts to be the most damning indictment of the Romney candidacy:

The problem is not that Mr. Romney is willing to reconsider his former thinking. Nor is it so much that his apparent convictions always seem in sync with the audience to which he is speaking at the moment. …  Plenty of politicians attune their positions to new constituencies. The larger danger is that Mr. Romney’s conversions are not motivated by expediency or mere pandering but may represent his real governing philosophy. [Emphasis mine]

Mitt doesn’t care much for the great state of Texas or Houston as on one visit to the city he said, “This is what happens when you don’t have zoning.”

He is a believer in global warming and supports Cap and Trade if it is done globally as opposed to just nationally.

Mitt helped raise money for Planned Parenthood.

Romney changed his rhetoric on Gay Rights after having made overtures toward the Log Cabin Republicans in exchange for their endorsement.  They were none too pleased.

Proof that Romney is both a true politician and a bothersome oaf comes beautifully packaged in his succinct yet immature usage of the English language on Gun Control.  “Weapons of unusual lethality?” Really?

Romney picked more Democrats than Republicans when the time came to pick judicial nominees.  This will obviously be different when the time comes to pick Supreme Court Nominees, of course.

Sen. Scott Brown supports Romney’s defense of RomneyCare calling it “courageous.”

Here is Mitt on the issues at OntheIssues.org.

Romney on the Contract with America

The Important segments from Romney’s Debate with Ted Kennedy, with one of the best endings to a debate.

And we did all of that with only mentioning RomneyCare once.  Now many folks get all caught up in the whole healthcare aspect of the Constitutionality of mandating buying and selling, which started that whole Revolutionary War thingy.   Be that as it may, a much more devastating critique of the program falls from the lips of the State of Massachusetts Treasurer, Timothy P. Cahill. He says:

As state treasurer, I can speak with authority about the Massachusetts pilot program. It has been a fiscal train wreck.

The universal insurance coverage we adopted in 2006 was projected to cost taxpayers $88 million a year. However, since this program was adopted in 2006, our health-care costs have in total exceeded $4 billion. The cost of Massachusetts’ plan has blown a hole in the Commonwealth’s budget. Just last Thursday, Gov. Deval Patrick’s office announced a $294 million shortfall related to health-care costs.

If not for federal Medicaid reimbursements and commitments from Washington to prop up this plan, Massachusetts would be broke. The only reason MassCare has survived is that we have been repeatedly bailed out by the federal government.

This will be the nail in the coffin for the Romney Presidential bid.  Romney’s failure to properly plan and prepare his state for the costs associated with government intrusion into the healthcare market is proof that he does not have the adequte executive competence to command the office of the President of the United States.

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Hat Tips:

RedState.com article that calls for a true Conservative not the Liberal Romney

Dr. Shackleford and his young Padawans at JawaReport.com

Brilliant Examiner.com article excoriating Mitt for all his failures and double talk!

NYTimes.com

Weasel Zippers

Furthermore Blog

Richard Lugar even went so far as to return the slobbering fanboyism by thanking Obama for his outreach to Republicans via a Huffington Post puff piece.   Wow, talk about senile.  We need Richard Mourdock in the Senate!  Head over to www.richardmourdock.com to check out the awesome campaign site, and start believing.  We hunting down Lugar in 2012!

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Hat Tips and links!

[Lugar helping out his buddy John Kerry on START via Politico.com]

[Full Critique of START  AskHeritage.com]

[Michelle Malkin's amazing work chronicling the DREAM Act]

[OntheIssues.org detailed rundown on Lugar]

[Sourcewatch.org Lugar page]

Thad Cochran, MS
Bob Corker, TN
Mike Crapo, ID
Tom Coburn, OK
Lamar Alexander, TN
Johnny Isakson, GA

[Dick Morris]

Both [TheHill.com] and [Washingtontimes.com] have the details.  Check out our previous post on RINO Steele.  Check back for more blog update coverage.

Can’t miss another opportunity for this gem.  Lindable Granible is fantastic!

We are in the process of a major site redesign, and hope to have it finished in the next month.  We are working on putting up a finalized RINO List in February.  When our list gets up, we are going to need contributions on details of each RINO, that is why we will have opened comments up on each page so you can comment on an individual RINO.  Our Sleuth page was a great idea, however it just did not generate the kind of response we were looking for, thats why we have integrated a forum for you to post possible new RINOs.  The Forum and comments sections should be finalized by the end of the month, if our Web Monkeys are telling me the truth!

Last year’s defeat of RINOs Mike Castle, Arlen Specter, and of Murkowski’s defeat in the primaries showed the power of Conservative Republicans and the Tea Party to rid the Party of Progressive Republicans that threaten the very core principles that make this nation the greatest on the Earth.  RINOList.org wishes the 112th Congress the best in the new year as they tackle the most difficult problems of our nation.  However, we will be watching you.  If a Senator or Congressman strays from the Conservative core of the Party, they go on the list.  If a Senator or Congressman votes for Progressive bills, they go on the list.  If a Senator or Congressman advocates for liberal policies, they go on the list.  Progressive Republicans will not control this Party, we the people will.

Less than ten days into the New Year, a senseless act of violence was perpetrated on our Republic by a violent and evil man.  Our form of government is self-rule through elected representatives.  When any representative is fulfilling their public duty, it is as if we are all there.  The shooting in Tucson, Arizona was an attack on the government of this great Republic, and therefore was an attack on all of us.  More troubling than the shooting is the aftermath of recriminations that has happened this past week by the Progressive Media and Progressive Democrat Politicians.  Using this event for their own political ends is not shocking nor surprising.  Neither was the eventual collusion of Republicans-In-Name-Only.

Newly elected Governor of Rhode Island, former Repub but always a RINO, Lincoln Chafee, has taken it upon himself to boycott political commentary shows and personalities that use violent euphimisms.  Excerpt of his brilliant statement [Newsblog.Projo.com]:

The advertisers should shut them down.

Violence in our political rhetoric is nothing new to us.  It is common, it is useful, and it is protected.  Here is a short historical study on Violence in Political Speech that our Founders enshrined in our Constitution and promised to protect by their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.

To throw away our rights of communication in the most passionate and furious ways is to declare our experiment in self-governance a failure.  We will not be terrorized by violence into giving up our dearest rights to passionately portray violence in political discourse, in order that unhinged evil may not be induced to further evil.  Evil will always exist, that is why our system of justice exists.  We punish those that do evil, and we reward those that do good.

I end with this call to congress from our sacred Scripture.

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate. Amos 5.15 NASB

Happy Hunting!

Lewis H. Beeler Jr.
President, RINOList.org
Cedarville University, Pre-Seminary Studies, 2006
Piedmont Baptist Graduate School, Candidate for M.A. in Biblical Studies, 2012

Miller, a 43-year-old Ahwatukee Foothills resident and former campaign worker for U.S. Sen. John McCain, was re-elected to a second one-year term last month. He said constant verbal attacks after that election and Internet blog posts by some local members with Tea Party ties made him worry about his family’s safety.

The report goes further to quote Miller as saying:

“I wasn’t going to resign but decided to quit after what happened Saturday,” Miller said. “I love the Republican Party but I don’t want to take a bullet for anyone.”

This abject cowardice is offensive to a whole host of American Military veterans and their families as these members of our national citizenry have served in the face of death and immenient harm without flinching and with the goal of securing our liberty.  Our founding fathers faced certain death by the hand of Great Britian if the rebellion should have failed, and yet they did so with bravery and great sacrifice of their own personal wealth and happiness.  Rep. Miller is a shame to the Republican Party and to the country.  Though RINOList.org disagrees to the Nth degree with Sen. John McCain, who resides at the top of the list of RINOs, the aspects of John McCain that have never been questioned are his personal bravery and valor, Rep. Miller must have missed these character traits as he worked for Sen. McCain.  Though Rep. Miller may have escaped with his life and the lives of his family intact, he has lost something much more dear, his honor.

Tea party activists from across the state will gather later this month to try to agree on a candidate to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar in next year’s Republican primary.  …

Two Republicans mentioned as possible challengers to Lugar are State Treasurer Richard Mourdock and state Sen. Mike Delph of Carmel.

The RINOs might become an endangered species again after all!  One can hope!